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The BBC has drawn the ire of women's campaigners after its head of television, Charlotte Moore, opted to keep Seann Walsh on Strictly Come Dancing and rejected his former girlfriend's accusations of emotional abuse.

After a day of crisis talks between the BBC's senior executives, Walsh and his management, it was announced that the comedian will return on Saturday night's show to dance with his professional partner, Katya Jones.